Quick easy vegetarian cook book

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I have been a vegi for over 30 years and the best ever cookery book I have owned is Good Housekeeping step-by-step Vegetarian Cookbook. The recipes cover everything from simple everyday meals to more posh fare.

Unlike the other two posters I really don't like Rose Elliot's cookbooks. The food tends to be what I call poncey food. Not the sort of thing to eat for tea when you get in from work.

Simon Rimmer has some nice books though.

Kittikins

My top tip is Hugh F-W's Veg every day - it's amazing!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Cottage-Veg-Every-Day/dp/1408812126/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1384154472&sr=8-3&keywords=hugh+fearnley+whittingstall

FrooGal_2

More votes here for HFW's Veg Everyday and Simon Rimmer's Accidental Vegetarian

Savannah02K

I don't bother buying cook books any more, just get all the recipes on line or from in store magazines, anything I really like I then copy into my own 'cookbook.' Saves clutter and means I don't end with cookbooks where I only use a few recipes.

DigForVictory

I got given the Cranks cookbook as a "funny" present. It was blinking useful, but I now lean on Google for new ideas rather than dig out a book.

sm1971

I too love Rose Elliot, but only really the Bean Book, not so keen on her others. I use recipes from the Bean Book on a regular basis (including the bean and vegetable pie tonight for tea! It's got kind-of posh baked beans and veg underneath and mash on top - yum!)

PasturesNew

My sister got the Cranks as one of her first. We used to have their Brazil & Cashew Nut Roast with Chestnut Stuffing and Red Wine Sauce every year for Xmas:
http://cranks.co.uk/recipes/view/brazil-cashew-nut-roast/print

What I'd do is look online though for recipes, so many are online - and you can see search easily and search for recipes that don't include ingredients you hate.

Tommelise

I have quite a few vegetarian cookbooks. My favorite are:

Food for thought

Books by Dennis Cotter

I you like indian food, I recommend The art of indian vegetarian cooking by Yamunda Devi


I use the website eatyourbooks.com when buying new cookbooks. If the book is indexed, I get a good idea if the recipes are to my liking.
See example here: http://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/76700/paradiso-seasons

modern_millie_2

My daughter bought a really good one for Uni - Vegetarian nosh for students - we tried out some recipes before she left, and liked it so much she bought me a copy! Author is Joy May. Nice easy reliable recipes without too many ingredients, most of them quite cheap.

alec_eiffel

I'm with modern millie student cookbooks are good as they're generally everyday recipes with inexpensive, easy to get ingredients.